Benjamin Timms (born 23 July 1998) is a British

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

. He is signed to

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, where he performs on the SmackDown

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under the

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Nathan Frazer. He is a former one-time NXT Heritage Cup Champion and a two-time

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as one-half of Fraxiom with

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Professional wrestling career

Early career (2018–2020)

Benjamin Timms was trained by fellow professional wrestlers

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and Marek Brave at the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy in the United States. Timms made his

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debut in 2018 under the ring name Benjamin Carter, performing in various

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s including big name promotion: Resolute Wrestling in Crossville, TN where he defeated names such as Toby Farley, Caleb Courageous and Christopher Carlton and then moved on to other major promotions such as

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and

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(AEW).

All Elite Wrestling (2020)

In 2020, Timms was invited by All Elite Wrestling's head of Talent Relations

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to appear for the promotion. Timms made his AEW debut in September 2020 at

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. Timms, under his ring name Ben Carter, faced off against

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in a losing effort on ''Dark''. Carter made his ''Dynamite'' debut in the opening contest of 'Late Night Dynamite', losing against

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. Carter went on to have a 1-2 record before signing with the WWE later that year. In October 2020, it was revealed that Carter could not get legally paid for his AEW matches, due to not having a valid

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in the United States.

WWE (2020–present)

NXT UK and NXT (2020–2023)

On 17 December 2020,

announced that they signed Timms. He was then assigned to the

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where, on the episode 7 January 2021 episode of ''

'', he made his debut under the ring name Ben Carter, facing

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for the

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but lost. After defeating Josh Morell and Sam Gradwell, Carter was repackaged as Nathan Frazer on 11 March. On the 3 June episode of ''NXT UK'', Frazer and Jack Starz teamed up to face Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker) for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship but were defeated. Later, Frazer competed to become the No. 1 contender for the

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but he lost to Teoman in the first round. Subsequently, Frazer also competed to become the No. 1 contender for the

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on 23 September, competed against A-Kid and Rampage Brown, where the former won. On 3 March 2022, Frazer fought his last match at ''NXT UK'' in a NXT United Kingdom Championship match, losing to

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. On 12 April 2022, it was announced that Frazer would make his NXT debut. At ''Spring Breakin on 3 May, he debuted by defeating Grayson Waller due to the interference of Andre Chase. On the 2 August episode of ''NXT 2.0'', Frazer responded to

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' open challenge for the

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but lost when Giovanni Vinci interfered. On the 13 June 2023 episode of ''NXT'', Frazer defeated

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2–1, who wrestled on behalf of

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due to Dar suffering an injury, to become the NXT Heritage Cup Champion. Frazer lost the Cup back to Dar 69 days later at ''NXT'': Heatwave.

Fraxiom (2023–present)

In late 2023, Frazer formed a tag team partnership with

(with the team later known as Fraxiom). The duo won the 2024 NXT Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament to face NXT Tag Team Champions The Wolf Dogs (

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and

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) for the titles at NXT Stand & Deliver on 6 April 2024 but failed to win the match. In a rematch on the following episode of ''NXT'', Fraxiom defeated The Wolf Dogs to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions. Much later, Frazer started to set his sights on singles titles to Axiom's displeasure. On the 25 June episode of ''NXT'', Frazer failed to defeat

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for the NXT Heritage Cup. On the following day's episode of ''

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'', he defeated

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to advance in the Speed Championship #1 Contender's tournament but lost to The New Day's

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in the final the next week. After multiple successful title defenses, on the 13 August episode of ''NXT'', Chase University's Andre Chase and Ridge Holland defeated Fraxiom for the NXT Tag Team Championship, ending their reign at 126 days. The pair regained the titles in a rematch 19 days later at NXT No Mercy to become two-time champions. Soon after, Frazer began to set his sights on singles championships again. On the November 19 episode of ''NXT'', Frazer defeated

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to qualify for the Iron Survivor Challenge at

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on 7 December, where Frazer failed to win the Iron Survivor Challenge but Fraxiom successfully defended the NXT Tag Team Championship against No Quarter Catch Crew (Myles Borne and Tavion Heights). At ''NXT'': Roadblock on 11 March 2025, Fraxiom failed to defeat

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for the title. On the 4 April episode of '' SmackDown'', Frazer made his main roster debut where he lost to a debuting

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. At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 19, Fraxiom lost the NXT Tag Team Championships to Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and

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) in their final match for NXT, ending their second reign at 230 days. On the 25 April episode of ''SmackDown'', Fraxiom were promoted to the SmackDown brand, where they defeated Legado Del Fantasma's Los Garza (

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and Berto) in their first match as a team in the main roster. After four successive tag team match wins, including a non-title match against WWE Tag Team Champions

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(

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and

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), Fraxiom faced The Street Profits for the titles on the 23 May episode of ''SmackDown'' which ended in a no-contest after interference from #DIY (

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and

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) and Candice LeRae,

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(

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and

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), and the returning Wyatt Sicks ( Uncle Howdy,

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and

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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2025)

Timms, as Nathan Frazer, alongside the debuting Axiom returned to

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(TNA) at

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on 19 January 2025 during the tag team title match between

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(

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and

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) and

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(

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and

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). Later that night, it was announced that The Rascalz will face Fraxiom for the NXT Tag Team Championship on the 23 January episode of '' Impact!'', becoming the first WWE wrestlers to defend a WWE championship in TNA where they successfully retained the titles after interference from

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, Tyriek Igwe and Tyson Dupont.

Personal life

On 19 April 2023, Timms became a

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, announcing he had been

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Other media

As Nathan Frazer, he made his video game debut in '' WWE 2K23'' as

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in the Bad News U pack. He also appears as a regular game character in the '' WWE 2K24'' and ''

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'' Video games.

Championships and accomplishments

* ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 165 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2023 ** Ranked No. 2 of the top 100 tag team wrestlers in the '' PWI 100'' in 2024 – with Axiom *Resolute Wrestling ** Resolute P4P Championship (1 time) ** Resolute Undisputed Championship (2 times) *SCW Pro Wrestling ** SCW Pro Iowa Wrestling Championship (1 time) *

** NXT Heritage Cup ( 1 time) **

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(

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) – with

** NXT Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament (2024) – with Axiom ** NXT Year-End Award (1 time) *** Tag Team of the Year (

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) – with Axiom

References

External links

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